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- adjective deriving oxygen from the air
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Examples
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Oxygen concentrations dive to one-seventh that of normal above-ground levels, while carbon dioxide levels spike by a factor of 200, conditions that would permanently off most other air-breathing animals.
Researchers try to understand naked mole rats' resistance to cancer 2011
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Automatic and involuntary as his heart-beating and air-breathing, was his defence of his meat once he had his paw on it, his teeth in it.
CHAPTER XI 2010
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Agree with "west-texan;" atmospheric air-breathing engines should be incorporated into the Mark II STS.
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Oxygen concentrations dive to one-seventh that of normal above-ground levels, while carbon dioxide levels spike by a factor of 200, conditions that would permanently off most other air-breathing animals.
Researchers try to understand naked mole rats' resistance to cancer 2011
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If dinosaurs existed at the time of the Flood, then the land-dwelling air-breathing varieties would have drowned in the flood just like all the other land-dwelling air-breathing critters.
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If I have to give up some component to achieve routine launch and landings via winged flight, I can easily make a concession of air-breathing engines.
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Regarding air-breathing engines, in retrospect I have to agree with Wes Oleszewski and Paul March.
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That little air-breathing thing flew at Mach 10 or something ridiculous!
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There is no need for the weight of air-breathing engines or their fuel.
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However, the air-breathing group of invertebrates has one distinct advantage over its sea-steeped brethren: they aren't bottom feeders.
Daniella Martin: What Do Bugs Taste Like, Anyway? Daniella Martin 2011
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